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'Why were you looking at that girl?'

DEFINITION: n. A person who wants to monopolize all of someone's love and tries to prevent them from sharing it with others.v. To monopolize someone's love.

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Wildoatstamer

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: wild-oats-tamer

Sentence: Rufus was a renowned oats cultivator, but after meeting Dora, an honest to goodness wildoatstamer, he confined his sowing to his own farm.

Etymology: wild oats (sharing ones love around) + tamer (as in lion tamer, someone who deals with wild things)

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Monophiliac

Created by: SmoothP

Pronunciation: mah-no filly-ack

Sentence: I thought she might enjoy a threesome, but she was a real monophiliac.

Etymology: mono "one", philia "love"

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Valenmine

Created by: pinwheel

Pronunciation: val/en/mine

Sentence: When he caught her deleting all of his contacts on his cell phone, Dick realised with trepidation that perhaps Julie was a valenmine.

Etymology: Valentine (your beloved one) + mine (all mine, not yours, can't have him, he's mine!)

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COMMENTS:

is that where the seven cupids work? - galwaywegian, 2007-04-17: 07:12:00

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Sin-wat

Created by: vonnegut

Pronunciation: sin-wat

Sentence: "As your husband, I'll want all your love for myself." She stared at me with widening eyes. "A sin-wat!"... "I will not marry a sin-wat." She stood. "Goodbye." "Good-bye?" I was crushed.

Etymology: Created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., for Cat's Cradle, published in 1963.

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Cardiopoli

AnnieChandon

Created by: AnnieChandon

Pronunciation:

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Intimacop

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: intəməkäp

Sentence: Sandy wants it all, every little bit of Clyde*s attention and affection. She keeps him on a very short leash. She is a regular intimacop, watching everything he does and controlling everyone he sees, what he ates, even when he was allowed to go to the bathroom. Life can be very busy with a puppy in the house.

Etymology: intimacy (close familiarity or friendship; closeness) + cop (a police officer)

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Leashentious

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: leash/en/shush

Sentence: Sally was so leashentious that she bought her boyfriend a special choker that was electronically hooked up to her earrings so that she could monitor his behavior. This way she could prevent him from having illicit leashaisons.

Etymology: leash + licentious

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COMMENTS:

Good one...you need to get them into Walmart for Christmas! - Nosila, 2008-06-24: 20:28:00

good word;like the story too. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-25: 06:41:00

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Suffoleach

Created by: lumina

Pronunciation: suff/a/leech (I realize I spelled it wrong but couldn't change) :(

Sentence: Jason worried that he had made a serious mistake. Shortly after Brianna accepted his proposal of marriage, she began showing signs of being a suffoleech. Among other things, she began making lists of "sweet nothings" he was to say to her several times a day.

Etymology: suffocate-smother: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing. leech-a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.

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an emotional vampire - deadly - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-24: 16:15:00

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Loveipulator

Created by: missashley

Pronunciation: luhv-ip-yuh-ley-ter

Sentence: It was hard for Cindie get The Bachelor's attention because her fellow reality show competitor was such a loveipulator.

Etymology: love:a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection manipulator: a person who manipulates

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Occupassion

Created by: rebelvin

Pronunciation: OCCUpy+PASSION

Sentence: Almost leech-like, she was consumed with being my occupassion, even closely following my eyes trying to see what or who I was looking at, besides her.

Etymology: OCCUpy+PASSION

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Comments:

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-17: 04:50:00
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-18: 02:28:00
See the top 4 words of the day at Why were you looking at that girl? ~ James

- 2008-04-20: 01:04:00
good stuffing

- 2008-04-20: 01:08:00
hairy!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-06-24: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-03: 00:06:00
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James

lumina - 2009-11-04: 17:09:00
Thanks for the welcome back Nos. Totally forgot about this fun place. Time to sharpen my verbotomizing skills again. Helloooo methrohumanx!